It is unlawful to use or permit the use of any building or premises in a single-family dwelling district for any purpose other than the following:

   One-family dwellings

   Gardening and other horticultural uses where no building is involved

   Schools, elementary and high, and colleges (public or private)

   Churches and accessory buildings used for religious teachings

   Nursery schools, day nurseries and child care centers; provided there is a minimum of 100 square feet of outdoor play area for each child to be cared for, and that the play area is fenced and screened with planting from any adjoining lot in any single-family dwelling district

   Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one year

   Home occupations, as defined in this chapter

   Public libraries

   Public utility services, electric substations, gas regulating centers, water pumping stations, telephone stations and other similar installations.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   No building in the Single-Family Dwelling District shall be erected or enlarged to exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   No building shall be erected or enlarged in the single-family dwelling districts unless the yards and lot areas required in §§ 155.053 through 155.058 are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   Front yard regulations for Single-Family Dwelling Districts shall be as set forth below. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than 20 feet in depth except as follows: the front yard depth for a principal building located on a lot 70 feet measured along the street line from the front corners of the lot under consideration, to any portion of two or more lots in the same block and which lots are occupied by dwellings that front on the same street as the proposed principal dwelling, shall be the average front yard depth of such existing dwellings. In computing such front yard depths existing buildings with front yard depths greater than 50 feet and a building with a front yard depth less than 20 feet shall be assumed to have a depth of 20 feet.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   In the single-family dwelling district, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than ten feet.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   Side yard regulations for the Single-Family Dwelling Districts are as set forth below:

   (A)   On interior lots, there shall be a side yard on each side of a main building of not less than seven feet, or 10% of the average lot width, whichever is less, but in no case less than five feet.

   (B)   On corner lots, the side yard requirement shall be the same as for interior lots, except that there shall be maintained a side yard of not less than ten feet on the side adjacent to the street which intersects the street upon which the building or structure maintains frontage.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86)

   Not more than 40% of the area of a lot in a single-family dwelling district may be covered by main buildings, structures or accessory buildings.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   Every dwelling hereafter erected or structurally altered as a one-family dwelling in the Single-Family Dwelling District shall be on a lot having an area of not less than 6,000 square feet and a width of 60 feet; provided, however, that where a lot having less area and width, but is a single tract and the title thereof has been platted and recorded before the passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter, the lot may be improved with a single-family dwelling or structure and accessory buildings, provided the lot coverage is within 75% of that required by the terms of this chapter, and provided further, that the total lot area is not less than 4,000 square feet.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99

   Accessory buildings shall not encroach upon the front, side, and rear yards as required by this chapter for the Single-Family Dwelling District. Notwithstanding, if an accessory building is located closer than ten feet to the main building, it shall be regarded as part of the main building for the purpose of determining rear yard requirements. If the accessory building is further than ten feet from the main building, it shall not be closer than two feet from the rear property line. If a private garage is entered from an alley, and the main door for motor vehicles to enter the garage is parallel to the alley, it shall not be located closer than ten feet from the property line abutting the alley right-of-way line.

(Ord. 552, passed - -62; Ord. 855, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 1219, passed 7-15-03) Penalty, see § 10.99

   (A)   The following words and phrases for the purposes of this section and as used in this section shall be defined as follows:

      (4)   Recreational vehicles, trailer and boat are hereinafter collectively referred to as “regulated vehicles.”

   (B)   Regulated vehicles stored in a single-family dwelling district may only be parked behind the front setback lot line, within two feet of the front property line, and two feet from the side yard setback of the property. The regulated vehicle shall be stored on a surface of gravel, asphalt or concrete if being parked in front of the principle structure. If the regulated vehicle is parked at the rear of the property, it shall be parked at least three feet off the side yard setback and three feet off the rear yard setback. Regulated vehicles parked in the rear of the property shall not be required to be parked on a hard surface as regulated vehicles in the front yard or side yard.

   (C)   If a regulated vehicle is parked in the front of the property, it shall not block the view of traffic when accessing a street, avenue or alley.

   (D)   A stored regulated vehicle shall be maintained in a mobile condition. No major construction or repair of a stored regulated vehicle shall be performed in the front yard setback requirements for a single-family dwelling district or multi-family dwelling district.

   (E)   The state license plates and display titles shall be current and properly displayed. The owner of the regulated vehicle shall have and display upon request to authorized city officials, proof of ownership of any stored regulated vehicle.

   (F)   A regulated vehicle shall not be continuously parked on city roadways or city easements for more than 72 continuous hours in accordance with Title VII, Chapter 72, Schedule XI.

   (G)   No occupancy of a regulated vehicle of any type is permitted, except in a mobile home park.

(Ord. 1636, passed 8-26-19)